Israeli occupation forces have demolished Palestinian homes in two refugee camps in the occupied West Bank. After giving a brief warning to evacuate, Israeli forces used bulldozers to raze and level houses in two refugee camps in the West Bank city of Tulkarem, displacing thousands of Palestinian residents. The suffering of Palestinians living in the West Bank due to Israel’s inhumane attacks on Gaza has received little attention.
Using tactics similar to those employed in attacks on Gaza, Israel has intensified raids on refugee camps in Jenin, Tulkarem, Nur Shams, Al-Fari’a, and Nablus in the West Bank. Since the October 7 aggression began, attacks by extremist Israeli settlers on Palestinians living in the West Bank have also increased. According to the UN, since January, Israel has displaced more than 40,000 Palestinians living in the West Bank.
The West Bank is a 5,600 square kilometer Palestinian territory between Zionist Israel and Jordan. However, Israel has occupied this land since the 1967 Middle East war. In violation of international law, Israel continues to fragment West Bank lands, seize more territory, and settle Jewish populations there. Israel. Israel maintains an oppressive colonial rule over the Muslims living in that land.
According to statistics from Yesha, the West Bank Settlement Council, the number of Israeli settlers in the West Bank increased by 38 percent between 2013 and 2023, rising from 374,000 to 517,000.
